He also recorded versions of Valley of Tears, made famous by Fats Domino, and Bewildered, a standard popularised by Mickey and Sylvia,Skiffle guitarist Lonnie Donegan, Doo Wop artists The Ink Spots, jump blues singer Amos Milburn and James Brown.
On his solo album, Across the Red Sea, Bim Sherman also recorded Just Like A King, his take on Stranger Cole and Gladstone Anderson's Rocksteady tune, Just Like a River , featuring Undivided Roots artist Don Campbell (musician) on drums.
[4] Robinson is credited as the driving force behind two landmark singles in the hip hop genre: Rapper's Delight (1979) by the Sugarhill Gang,[5] and The Message by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, both of which she produced.
[6] Bim Sherman later moved to London where, as part of the post-punk reggae infatuation, he made a name for himself recording with Adrian Sherwood's On-U Sound label.
Sherman's Devious Woman track, recorded with Singers & Players and Keith Levene of The Clash and John Lydon's Public Image Ltd, featured on the soundtrack of Richard Hell's Smithereens (film) in 1982, the dub version of which was released by New Age Steppers and Creation Rebel on the Threat to Creation album, and in 1983, Sherman released music on the Jah Shaka label, producing the Happiness vocal and dub discomix.
In 1992, he recut the Niney the Observer Freddie McGregor tune, We Need More Love (In The Ghetto) for The Groove Corporation, who were an ambient and drum and bass collective made up of previous members of Rockers Hi-Fi and Electribe 101.